The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) conducts the “Combined Defence Services” (CDS) Examination twice a year for recruiting candidates for the Indian Military Academy, Officers Training Academy, Indian Naval Academy and Indian Air Force Academy.
CDS Exam held Two Times in a year through offline mode (Written test).
Exam
CDS – 1
CDS – 2
Notification And Form Filling
November (approx)
June (approx)
Exam date
February
September/October
Result
April
November
Education Qualification For CDS Exam
I.M.A and OTA – Graduation in any stream
A.F.A – Graduation in any stream (Must Have Studied Physics and Mathematics At 10+2 level)
INA – Engineering in any Stream
There Is No Percentage Criteria to apply for CDS Exam.
Final Year Students can also apply for CDS.
CDS Age Criteria
IMA And INA – 18 to 23 Years while applying and 19 to 24 years while joining
AFA – 19 to 23 years while applying and 20 to 24 years while joining (Two years Relaxation for Valid commercial Pilot Licence Holders issued by DGCE)
OTA(Both men and women) – 18 to 24 years while applying and 19 to 25 years while joining.
Marital Status – Unmarried
Exception – 1) AFA cadets over 25 years while joining can be married (can’t stay with family during training)
2) Females joining OTA Can Be Issueless widows who have not remarried and issueless divorcees(In possession of divorce documents) who have not remarried.
Note – Date Of Birth as on Matriculation mark sheet will only be accepted.
CDS Syllabus 2022- Overview
Mode Of Exam
Offline
Nature of questions
Objective type
CDS 2022 Exam Date
4th September 2022
Language of question paper
Hindi and English
Duration of the test
2 hours for each section of test
a) For admission to indian military academy(IMA), indian naval academy(INA) and air force academy(AFA)
Subject
Duration
No. Of questions
Maximum marks
English
2 Hours (9 am to 11 pm)
120
100
General Knowledge
2 Hours (12 am to 2 pm)
120
100
Elementary Mathematics
2 Hours (3 am to 5 pm)
100
100
Total
6 Hours
340 Que.
300 Marks
English
Gk
Maths
Total Questions
120
120
100
Total Marks
100
100
100
Marks Per Question
.83
.83
1
Negative Marks
.27
.27
.33
b) For admission to officers’ training academy(OTA)
Subject
Duration
Maximum marks
English
2 Hours
100
General Knowledge
2 Hours
100
CDS Alert –
Girls Must Mark OTA as their First And Only Choice.
UPSC CDS Exam Syllabus –
Mathematics
1.
Number System
2.
Sequence And Series
3.
HCF And LCM Of Numbers
4.
Decimal Fractions
5.
Square Roots And Cube Roots
6.
Time And Distance
7.
Time And Work
8.
Percentage
9.
Simple Interest
10.
Compound Interest
11.
Profit And Loss
12.
Ratio And Proportions
13.
Logarithm
14.
Algebraic Operations
15.
HCF And LCM Of Polynomials
16.
Rational Expressions
17.
Linear Equations
18.
Quadratic Equations And Inequalities
19.
Set Theory
20.
Measurements Of Angles And Trigonometric Ratios
21.
Height Ans Distance
22.
Lines and Angles
23.
Triangles
24.
Quadrilateral and Polygon
25.
Circle
26.
Area and Perimeter Of Plane Figures
27.
Surface Area and Volume Of Solids
28.
Statistics
General english
1.
Spotting The Errors
2.
vocabulary
3.
Synonyms
4.
Antonyms
5.
Idioms And Phrases
6.
Sentence Completion
7.
Sentence Improvement
8.
Ordering Of Words And Sentences
9.
Comprehension
General Science
Physics
1.
Measurement, Motion, Work, Energy And Power
2.
Rotational Motion And Gravitation
3.
properties Of Matter
4.
Heat And Thermodynamics
5.
Oscillations And Waves
6.
Optics
7.
Electric Current
8.
Modern Physics
Chemistry
1.
Matter
2.
Atomic Structure
3.
Radioactivity
4.
Chemical Bonding and Redox Reactions
5.
Gas laws And Solutions
6.
Acids, Bases And salts
7.
Chemicals Thermodynamics And Surface Chemistry
8.
Electrochemistry
9.
Inorganic Chemistry
10.
Organic Chemistry
11.
Man-Made Materials
12.
Environmental and its pollutions
Biology
1.
Cell – The Unit Of Life
2.
Classification Of Plants And Animals
3.
Genetics And Molecular Biology and Evolutions of life
